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2024-03-23 · Prudential Center

5 – 2Final

OTT beat NJD 5–2. Expected goals were close to even (OTT 2.7, NJD 2.6), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Angus Crookshank scored at 6:02 of the second, moving OTT’s win probability from 47% to 67%. Jake Allen allowed 2.6 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
25 – 20
Expected goals
2.7 – 2.6
xG share
OTT 51%
Home-ice start
NJD 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

OTT goalNJD goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

OTTNJD

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

OTT
1 G, 1 A · 13:43 TOI
On-ice −0.05 · Finishing +0.60 · Penalties +0.19
+0.73
OTT
1 G, 1 A · 23:37 TOI
Finishing +0.72
+0.67
NJD
1 G, 0 A · 18:20 TOI
Finishing +0.80 · Penalties −0.19
+0.65

Rough nights

NJD
60:00 TOI
GSAx −2.59
−2.59
NJD
0 G, 0 A · 17:52 TOI
Finishing −0.37 · Penalties −0.19
−0.62
NJD
0 G, 0 A · 17:08 TOI
Finishing −0.47 · Faceoffs +0.05
−0.44

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalOTT–NJDWin prob.
P1 4:56 OTTMathieu JosephSH
unassisted
1–046% → 62%
P2 0:23 NJDJesper Bratt
unassisted
1–134% → 53%
P2 0:59 NJDTomas Nosek
from Ondrej Palat, Dawson Mercer
1–253% → 72%
P2 4:06 OTTRidly Greig
from Mathieu Joseph
2–228% → 47%
P2 6:02 OTTAngus Crookshank
from Thomas Chabot, Tim Stützle
3–247% → 67%
P2 9:01 OTTThomas Chabot
from Brady Tkachuk, Erik Brannstrom
4–268% → 84%
P3 10:15 OTTDrake Batherson
from Brady Tkachuk
5–296% → 99%

Every player

Show both lineups

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mathieu Joseph R13:4311+0.73−0.05+0.60−0.00+0.01+0.19−0.01
Thomas Chabot D23:3711+0.67−0.05+0.72+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ridly Greig C13:531+0.64−0.04+0.73−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.04
Angus Crookshank C13:521+0.61−0.05+0.66−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Drake Batherson R18:481+0.47−0.18+0.63+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Claude Giroux R18:47+0.32+0.07−0.00+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.05
Mark Kastelic C6:26−0.01−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Boris Katchouk L7:05−0.02−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Brannstrom D18:051−0.09−0.08+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Parker Kelly C12:17−0.12+0.01−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Shane Pinto C16:07−0.15−0.08−0.02−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.04
Artem Zub D22:15−0.17−0.05−0.12−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jacob Bernard-Docker D12:07−0.17+0.02+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Jake Sanderson D24:46−0.17+0.14−0.12−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Dominik Kubalik L11:20−0.18−0.08−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jakob Chychrun D19:41−0.20−0.14−0.06+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tim Stützle C20:031−0.21−0.04−0.00+0.03−0.02−0.19+0.01
Brady Tkachuk L19:162−0.39−0.03−0.33+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joonas Korpisalo G59:52+0.64

NJD

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jesper Bratt L18:201+0.65+0.03+0.80+0.02−0.01−0.19+0.00
Tomas Nosek L16:551+0.32+0.09+0.28−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
Dawson Mercer C16:121+0.29+0.13−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.19−0.01
Alexander Holtz R11:53+0.19+0.01−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Nick DeSimone D17:01+0.13+0.13+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nico Hischier C18:56+0.06+0.01−0.18+0.01−0.01+0.19+0.04
John Marino D20:44+0.05+0.06+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Bahl D18:03+0.03+0.07−0.04−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kurtis MacDermid L4:14−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ondrej Palat L15:341−0.01−0.05−0.00+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Curtis Lazar C9:24−0.01−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Simon Nemec D17:58−0.03−0.01−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Chris Tierney C8:53−0.03−0.03−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Brendan Smith D20:47−0.12+0.09−0.18−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jack Hughes C20:56−0.20−0.03−0.17+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Luke Hughes D19:20−0.32−0.03−0.07−0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Erik Haula L17:08−0.44−0.02−0.47−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.05
Timo Meier R17:52−0.62−0.05−0.37−0.00−0.00−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G60:00−2.59

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.